Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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